Sand & Sea

With the opening of the much-anticipated Sea Life Aquarium, your family can be transported into an amazing underwater world with up-close views of more than 5,000 sea creatures! Come nose to nose with sharks in the walk-through underwater tunnel, experience the touch pool where you can hold a crab or touch a starfish, participate in educational demonstrations, watch animal feedings and explore this state-of-the-art home for many of the ocean’s most majestic creatures!

Your kids will have the time of their lives at Kansas City’s indoor water park, CoCo Key, featuring 55,000 square feet of indoor fun with a wading pool, slides, fast tube rides, activity pools and more! This year, South Kansas City welcomes The Bay, a brand new outdoor water park with a lazy river, waves, slides, 6-lane pool and many more great attractions your kids are sure to love. Another favorite outdoor water park is Kansas City’s original Oceans of Fun with fantastic attractions for all ages, including Aruba Tuba, Surf City Wave Pool, Buccaneer Bay, Coconut Cove and much more! Discover more with our online guide to Kansas City's pools and water parks.

If you crave some sand between your toes, you’ll find swim beaches at several local lakes listed on pg???, or you can challenge your friends to some beach volleyball at Volleyball Beach (13105 Holmes Rd., KC, MO, 816.942.2820), Shawnee Mission Volleyball Beach (19800 Johnson Dr., Shawnee, KS, 913.422.4070) or Centerline Beach Volleyball (1910 U.S. 40,  Blue Springs, MO, 816.224.4455).